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As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.

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In an op-ed in the Boston Business Journal, Paul Grogan and Jerry Rubin of JVS Boston say that in a tight labor market like we have today, we must innovate in our workforce development strategies - and the Catapult initiative offers a possible solution.

A new report from Children's HealthWatch, with the support of the Boston Foundation and others, suggests some of the best ways to address housing insecurity may come from alleviating financial burdens in other areas - such as child care.

With an innovative currriculum and strong community partnerships that are driving student success, the Benjamin Banneker Charter School was a natural choice for the 2019 Pozen Prize for Innovative Schools

A new report from Boston Indicators, the Donahue Institute at UMass, and four research institutes at UMass Boston captures the remarkable transformation of Greater Boston since 1990 into a thriving, diverse region fueled by an influx of immigrants from around the world.

A recent report studying demographics in the Commonwealth put the spotlight on the City of Champions as one of the state’s most extreme cases of racial transformation in the past 30 years.

UMass Boston co-author Paul Watanabe joined WGBH radio for a sit down interview on the report with Barbara Howard.

The racial makeup of the Boston region has been dramatically shifting, and Winchester is among the communities that have seen some of the fastest changes in its population, according to a new report released by the Boston Foundation.

Report co-author Mark Melnik joined Sue O’Connell to discuss the findings on NECN:

Producer in partnership with children's HealthWatch, this report demonstrates how enacting policies to reduce child care costs and raise the Earned Income Tax Credit, among others, can be a powerful complement to lowering housing costs to reduce family homelessness and improve health.

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The Boston Foundation partnered with the Rennie Center for this exploration of the practices that are increasing college and career readiness at the Edward M. Kennedy Academy of Health Careers, winner of the 2018 Pozen Prize for Innovative Schools.

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